# NTSB MIA84LA191: Cessna 172N, N738VS, Miami, FL, June 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1984, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA191

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - comm/nav equipment - other (contributing factor)
  - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID HE HAD 'CROSS CHANNELED' HIS RADIOS & WAS HAVING COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS. HE DECIDED TO LAND AT THE OPA-LOCKA WEST ARPT. THE ACFT WAS LANDED DOWNWIND & AFTER OVERRUNNING THE END OF THE RWY, IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N738VS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738VS-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N 17270277, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17270277
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clark Aircraft Service,Inc.
- Registered owner: Palmetto Sales & Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 27, 1984, 32 hours before
- Departed: OPF, OPA LOCKA, FL
- Destination: EYW, KEY WEST, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: X46, Opa Locka West, runway 9, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 169 total, 169 in this make and model, 99 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 238° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OPF

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840622026779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840622026779A), Jun 22, 1984: Cessna 172N, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Radio problems after departure. Landed downwind at a no tower field and ran off the departure end of the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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